Pop Drone presented a wonderful night of talented musicians at Pressed on April 6, 2019. Starting off the show was Montreal musician Le Ren. It was a nice intimate set of indie country pop music of tracks from the EP “songs i oughta hear”. 8/10. Second was Eliza Niemi. First time seeing her branch out …
The Heavy Medicine Band kicked off a wonderful performance on the first night of Bon-Fire 2018.
This was the one show that was a no miss on May 26, 2018. The long-awaited LP release show by Ottawa’s Sparklesaurus in collaboration with Ottawashowbox, CHUO 891.FM and The Record Centre. Also on the bill was Ginny and Keturah Johnson. Keturah began the show with her heavy soul-blazing and powerful vocals music. As a …
After a wonderful first night of Megaphono 2018. Here’s what happened on the second day of the festival. Began my day with some panels/conferences. The first one was “Coming to America: How to Get a P2 Visa. Presented by Liana White of Canadian Federation of Musicians. The second one was Funding for Black, Indigenous and …
Attended the matinee portion of I Can’t Believe It’s Not at NAC Fourth Stage. Presented by Arboretum Festival, the 7 edition was no other than Joni Mitchell’s Blue. Joni fourth album which is highly regarded by critics and fans alike as one of her greatest albums to date. The brainchild of indie troubadour Jon Hynes, …
Ottawa Showbox celebrated five years. With that they had 2 nights of shows at the Record Centre. On the final night, performing that night were: Claude Munson Steamers (I’m guessing it was just for one night to reunite?) Keturah Johnson G.Grand/Hyf Check out the rest of the photos!
Saturday was a busy night, after seeing Gianna Lauren at Black Squirrel Books. I walked down to Irene’s Pub (basically less than a 10 minute walk) for Claude Munson and Keturah Johnson. I got there in time for Keturah’s last song which she performed Conduit. Caught some songs of Claude Munson’s set. This time he …
With the news of Zaphod Beeblebrox closing on May 14th. I have decided to go back into the archives of photos that I have taken at the venue. Here is the year 2009. Ennuie, Relief Maps and Politique on January 30, 2009. Bruce Peninsula, Timber Timbre and Giant Hand on February 6, 2009. Ukrainia and …
It was Record Store Day 2017 on April 22nd. The Record Centre was participating at this year’s event and had some wonderful live in-store performances by Keturah Johnson, Nathanaël Larochette and Colossus of Rhodes. Sadly I missed the last band which was No Mistakes in Space (Hopefully catch them live sometime soon). While I got …
On my birthday, I went up to the Record Centre for a wonderful in-store/vinyl release show by Ottawa’s The Heavy Medicine Band. Their EP Conduit is released on Record Centre Records. The store was packed and the band put on a wonderful set. Definitely so good to see! Click below for more photos. [AFG_gallery id=’286′]